AUTHOR: Jerry "Jet" Whittaker TITLE: Group of masked men rob poker party DATE: 9:35 AM ----- BODY:
Police on Long Island are hunting for a group of masked men who committed a brazen robbery, holding up nearly 80 amateur poker players at gunpoint. It happened at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Franklin Square just before midnight last night. Witnesses say at least four armed robbers wearing masks burst into the hall and demanded money from the gamblers inside. They allegedly got away with an estimated $50,000.
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